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THREE BRIDGES FREE CHURCH

Registered charity 1074518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A church based in Three Bridges, Crawley. It holds two services every Sunday and various meetings throughout the week including bible studies and for various groups including mums and toddlers, youth groups and senior citizens. It works with other churches in the Sussex and Surrey area and supports the Federation of Independent Evangelical Churches and other churches and charities overseas.

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Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves stood at £111,000, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of £42,000. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £179,595 and total expenditure of £173,482, resulting in a net increase in cash funds.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £111k)
“The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £42,000 (approximately 3 months of unrestricted expenditure)” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: No payments were made to trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity.
“No payments were made to trustees or persons related to them, except for reimbursement of expenses paid out on behalf of the charity.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£180k£173k
31/12/2023£152k£161k
31/12/2022£174k£143k
31/12/2021£105k£129k
31/12/2020£125k£100k

Common questions

Is THREE BRIDGES FREE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves stood at £111,000, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of £42,000. The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £179,595 and total expenditure of £173,482, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NEW GROUND CHURCHES1£61k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRAWLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THREE BRIDGES FREE CHURCH£180k—0above—no doubt
CRAWLEY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2024£315k—0above—no doubt
HOPE CHURCH TONBRIDGE FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
THOMAS HARRIS FUND FY2024£141k£31,6150above—no doubt
GRACE CHURCH, BOROUGHBRIDGE FY2025£166k£44,1880above—no doubt
BRIDGE CHURCH NEWBURY FY2024£196k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.